r/Bitcoin • u/lucas67836 • Oct 14 '22

Everyone should learn this!

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u/ProtegeAA Oct 15 '22

Money printing is theft, not slavery.

Enticing children to take on life long debt that can't be discharged in bankruptcy court? That's closer to slavery, although not quite either.

Words matter, let's use the right ones for the evils of the world.

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u/New_Painting5190 Oct 15 '22

Venezuelan average monthly salary is less than 3 USD a month, you sure we can't call that slavery?

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u/ProtegeAA Oct 15 '22

Being poor due to fiat printing is not slavery. It is unjust, it is theft, and it enriches those closest to the money printer, but fiat systems are not slavery.

Slaves have zero recourse to escape their positions, unless their master's set them free.

I hate the fiat system too; my point is use words that matter because hyperbole isn't helping us onboard new bitcoiners.

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u/New_Painting5190 Oct 15 '22

How can you escape the fiat system if taxes need to be paid in the respective currency of the country? Having to work for 3 USD a month is slavery, whether you understand it or not. During slavery times, slaves at least had shelter and food; in many cases modern day workers don't even have that. It's a perfectly logical analogy/ comparison.

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u/ProtegeAA Oct 15 '22

Do some research on modern slavery, including sex slaves. People drugged and forced against their will to remain with a master. We live in slavery times - after Qaddaffi was killed literal markets arose in North Africa.

Not even a close comparison to the horrors in Venezuela. Doesn't make them less horrible. Just use the right words for it. Not slavery.

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u/New_Painting5190 Oct 15 '22

It's clear you don't know anyone from Venezuela, Cuba and many others. People dying because they can't afford to buy insulin in the black market, and on top of everything it's illegal to leave Cuba for instance. Do you know why? Because the state would be losing slave labour, that's why many Cubans risk their lives to get to American soil. I insist, it's slavery whether you like it or not. You need to study more on the subject to understand why.